Plots(1)
One day the necrophiliac tendencies of Dr Hichcock (Robert Flemyng) go too far and his wife dies from an overdose. Bereft, the doctor leaves his house but returns years later with a new wife, Cynthia (Barbara Steele). The house they return to is eerie and Cynthia hears strange things, meanwhile, she doesn’t realise Dr Hichcock intends to use her body to re-animate his dead wife's corpse. Released at the height of the Italian horror boom that was produced in the wake of the influence of Hammer’s era-defining horror productions, director Riccardo Freda and screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi create a dark and wicked gothic horror that brings in sly allusions to the work of Alfred Hitchcock while the period detail of Victorian London provides a lush backdrop. (Radiance Films)
(more)Cast
Robert Flemyng
UK
Best movies:
The Medusa Touch (1978)
Battle of Britain (1969)
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
Barbara Steele
UK
Best movies:
8½ (1963)
Young Törless (1966)
For Love and Gold (1966)
Spencer Williams
USA
Best movies:
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962)
Silvano Tranquilli
Italy
Best movies:
Happy New Year (1973)
And Now My Love (1974)
Sunflower (1970)
Harriet Medin
USA
Best movies:
The Terminator (1984)
La Dolce Vita (1960)
Quo Vadis (1951)